This article is intended as a helpful guide and shows how I fitted projector front headlights. If you are in any doubt, or not qualified, do not undertake this maintenance, consult a qualified mechanic. The author or the GT4 Drivers Club can not be held responsible for any loss or damage resulting from use of this article.

Safety

When working on a car always use the appropriate safety equipment, chock the wheels to prevent the vehicle from moving. When working underneath a raised vehicle always use axle stands.

Tools

You will need the following:

A decent selection of tools/sockets etc

A soldering iron

Wire crimping tool

Procedure

Remove the front bumper as described
here in the bumper removal guide.

Unplug the connectors from the side lights, dipped lights & main beam lights on all units.

Unscrew the top & bottom bolts that secure the lighting units to the car (Should be 3 bolts per unit).

On the left is the old unit you are removing & on the right is the new projector
unit. Notice the difference between the 2 units, mainly the dipped bulb
connectors & the side light connectors, also note the side lights different
locations, on the projector units when fitted the side lights are located in the
wings as opposed to the older units where they are located next to the high beam
units (Bad design in my opinion as when a side light bulb dies, you most
probably have to remove the front bumper & the unit to change them!!)

The projector dipped light & side light connectors are not compatible with your current wiring loom, you have two options:

Option 1 - solder wires to the projector unit connectors or Option 2 - use a set of large & a set of very small female spade connectors. (I opted for both options due to not being able to obtain a set of very small spade connectors).

Here is how I set mine up, depending on what option you have opted for some of the following might not apply to you

Using a pair of snips carefully cut away 3 sides of the projector side light connector

Now solder 2 wires (I chose black & red, but any colour can be used as long as you know what colour is what & that the wires are the correct gauge to handle the current), to the pins

(Note: I lodged a small bit of card between the pins to stop any rogue solder from bridging the gap), when done leave the card in place & wrap the connector; wire & card in electrical installation tape (Hence why the 4th side
of the connector was not cut away)

Now fit the projector unit to the car, when re-fitted the unit you will need to make sure the location pin on the projector unit fits into the corresponding hole in the wing or the unit will not have a uniformed fit

Location hole in car wing for projector unit location pin.

Now cut off the dipped & side light connection blocks from the wiring loom

Crimp on large spade connectors to both of the dipped beam wires

Crimp on medium spade/bullet connectors to the side light wires, then crimp on the corresponding spade/bullet connectors to the newly solder side light wires

Note: I used a male & female combination on the soldered wires so when next
removed the wires couldn’t be mixed up

Now test all lights to make sure there are no problems & all is working

Now do the same for the other side using the same procedure, test, then refit the bumper using the reverse procedure for bumper removal

Depending on seized nuts & bolts the whole job should take no more then 4 hours for the amateur mechanic